The Lakeshore UU Congregation Senior and Junior Youth Groups came together Sunday 20 December 2020 to bring you their rendition of the Charles Dickens favourite “A Christmas Carol.” The dedicated and talented youth worked tirelessly through the challenges of trying to put on a play during Covid, which is humorously touched on in the film … Continue reading What the Dickens! A Christmas Carol
Reflection by Cormac Lutes, 2020-10-18 When I think of belonging I think of being part of something. When I think of belonging I think of having a role to play in a community, somewhere that you can feel safe and happy. Belonging to something also comes with responsibility. If you belong to a community you … Continue reading Belonging
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Lakeshore is ending its 2019-2020 Financial Year (FY) on 30 April under the exceptional and stressful circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic. However, as a community, we have shown great resilience and have come together through on-line services initiated and organized by Gary Spiller on the Zoom platform. Of course, the pandemic with the resulting sudden … Continue reading 2020 Stewardship Report
The Everything Seed, a short film based on Rev. Carole Martignacco’s poem of the same name, touches on life for our Lakeshore SE Youth and Kids during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown.
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Heather Fraser Fawcett, 2020-04-05 *Margaret Atwood has written that “ in the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell of dirt.” In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell of dirt. Let’s ponder that for a moment. “In the spring. At the end of … Continue reading Growing Edges
Cross-congregational check-up – Susan Czarnocki Wow! Just 10 days ago, the lurking curse of Friday-13th came roaring in to change our lives. Late on Thursday the 12th, the pillars of normalcy came crashing down around us, as school boards, universities, CEGEPS – announced cancellations. This was followed by the cancellation of most public social activities. The … Continue reading Lakeshore Bulletin 2020-03-22
What if you thought of itas the Jews consider the Sabbath—the most sacred of times?Cease from travel.Cease from buying and selling.Give up, just for now, on trying to make the worlddifferent than it is. Sing. Pray. Touch only thoseto whom you commit your life.Center down. And when your body has become still,reach out with your heart.Know that we … Continue reading Pandemic – poem by Lynn Ungar
Dear Members and Friends of Lakeshore UU Congregation, Our Lakeshore UU community is vital to our lives. So in the context of the 2020-2021 coronavirus pandemic and current Public Health authority directives, the Board has decided to establish the following prevention guidelines, in case we re-establish on-site Sunday services during a period in which the … Continue reading Lakeshore Coronavirus Precautions
On the first service of 2020, a Commentary by Susan Czarnocki Land-claims once again became ‘top-of-the-news’ for a day on December 20th, when the CBC carried a story on an investigation by a British Newspaper concerning notes related to the RCMP protection of the GasLink workers after a court order went against the objections of … Continue reading Searching for Justice and Fairness
